CMK Vaccinista
@cmkellner.bsky.social
Biological anthropologist teaching and researching at an American university (posts are mine alone). Love science, evolution, and isotopic analysis! Balloon Juice Jackal, Democrat, Liberal. Baseball, cats, TV, and movies, esp. classics and horror.
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CMK Vaccinista
@cmkellner.bsky.social
· Jan 29
The EOs against transgender people are cruel, horrible, and unconstitutional. I am holding space for all trans people here. I will work to fight these Trump atrocities. People will die if crucial medical and therapeutic care is denied!
HORRIFIC
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 1:59 AM
HORRIFIC
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Yesssss. Separate out DHS and shut it down.
I just voted NO on the spending package because it still includes DHS funding.
NO blank check for ICE to continue lawless killings. Let’s get real changes made.
NO blank check for ICE to continue lawless killings. Let’s get real changes made.
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Yesssss. Separate out DHS and shut it down.
And Democrats need to take advantage of this tipping point for the health and welfare of our nation!
This is a tipping point.
- 61% have an unfavorable opinion of ICE (The Argument/Verasight)
- 59% say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July (Fox News)
- 58% say ICE has gone “too far” (Reuters/Ipsos)
- 55% have very little confidence in ICE (YouGov)
- 61% have an unfavorable opinion of ICE (The Argument/Verasight)
- 59% say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July (Fox News)
- 58% say ICE has gone “too far” (Reuters/Ipsos)
- 55% have very little confidence in ICE (YouGov)
January 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
And Democrats need to take advantage of this tipping point for the health and welfare of our nation!
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We need to seize this framing and build it out so it is the theme of the summer, in light of the 250th anniversary of 1776. Trump is going to try so hard to appropriate this for himself, but we need to make it about the renewal of our common revolutionary ideals versus the tyranny of the king.
Great point from @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social: The spectacle of ordinary people in Minneapolis courageously protecting each other from the ICE invasion is itself inspiring and contrasts powerfully with Miller/Bovino totalitarian cruelties.
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2058...
January 29, 2026 at 4:43 PM
We need to seize this framing and build it out so it is the theme of the summer, in light of the 250th anniversary of 1776. Trump is going to try so hard to appropriate this for himself, but we need to make it about the renewal of our common revolutionary ideals versus the tyranny of the king.
DEMS: Keep pushing on this. DHS bill needs to be delayed!
Latest intel: The 5 govt funding bills will pass, & the 6th, the DHS bill, will get a continuing resolution to buy time to negotiate whatever these conditions in ICE are. The fight right now btwn Schumer & the White House is how long that CR will be. The WH wants 3 months; Schumer wants 1-2 weeks.
January 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
DEMS: Keep pushing on this. DHS bill needs to be delayed!
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Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Schumer calls for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to be removed from their jobs.
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please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.
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Last night, there were over 70k people on an ICE observer training livestream. Tonight there were almost 4k people on a SURJ call. There are so many more of us than there are of them - BUT WE HAVE TO STOP GIVING THEM MONEY TO HIRE PEOPLE.
They're so ANGRY that we take care of each other, and not just angry.
So CONFUSED by it.
And that is why we will win
So CONFUSED by it.
And that is why we will win
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Last night, there were over 70k people on an ICE observer training livestream. Tonight there were almost 4k people on a SURJ call. There are so many more of us than there are of them - BUT WE HAVE TO STOP GIVING THEM MONEY TO HIRE PEOPLE.
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The Sun has feelings and a life. Fire Kristi Noem into a black hole
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 AM
The Sun has feelings and a life. Fire Kristi Noem into a black hole
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What has unfolded over the last few weeks in Minnesota and across the country is heartbreaking and wrong.
January 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM
What has unfolded over the last few weeks in Minnesota and across the country is heartbreaking and wrong.
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TCM will become the “ongoing home” of the LOONEY TUNES library.
A six-year licensing deal for more than 750 shorts starts in Feb.
"We’re able to present these cartoons with the care they deserve alongside the classic films they helped influence."
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t... #FilmSky
A six-year licensing deal for more than 750 shorts starts in Feb.
"We’re able to present these cartoons with the care they deserve alongside the classic films they helped influence."
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t... #FilmSky
TCM Becomes “Ongoing Home” of the Looney Tunes Library (Exclusive)
A new six-year licensing deal brings the classic cartoons to the channel. It starts in February with 45 shorts featuring Star of the Month Bugs Bunny.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:36 PM
TCM will become the “ongoing home” of the LOONEY TUNES library.
A six-year licensing deal for more than 750 shorts starts in Feb.
"We’re able to present these cartoons with the care they deserve alongside the classic films they helped influence."
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t... #FilmSky
A six-year licensing deal for more than 750 shorts starts in Feb.
"We’re able to present these cartoons with the care they deserve alongside the classic films they helped influence."
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t... #FilmSky
Found another video for my class!
January 26, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Found another video for my class!
Gleeful. Stop gaslighting yourselves. You did vote for this.
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Gleeful. Stop gaslighting yourselves. You did vote for this.
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I'm just going to keep saying this until I die:
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I'm just going to keep saying this until I die:
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
i am reminded of Cartman and “Respect mah authority!”
January 25, 2026 at 3:09 AM
i am reminded of Cartman and “Respect mah authority!”
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Photo by Jeff Wheeler of the Strib.
We will fight you until we are dead.
We will fight you until we are dead.
Minnesotans are showing the soul of the United States to the world.
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Photo by Jeff Wheeler of the Strib.
We will fight you until we are dead.
We will fight you until we are dead.
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Both of Arizona’s senators, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social and @gallego.senate.gov are a “no” on DHS funding.
January 25, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Both of Arizona’s senators, @captmarkkelly.bsky.social and @gallego.senate.gov are a “no” on DHS funding.
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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One of my new fave creators! She gets all her background from MAGA who DM her 🤣😁
youtube.com/shorts/nxqSs...
youtube.com/shorts/nxqSs...
And the point just whooshes over their head 💨 #uspolitics #politicalsatire #politicalcomedy
YouTube video by Anna Connelly | @annaconnellyiscool
youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:45 PM
One of my new fave creators! She gets all her background from MAGA who DM her 🤣😁
youtube.com/shorts/nxqSs...
youtube.com/shorts/nxqSs...
Good showing of people at the protest in FLG! Perhaps 200 or even more on short notice on a cold day-and lots of support! Dancing protestors with Cumbia music! Gotta take our joy when it happens
❤️❤️MINNEAPOLIS ❤️❤️
❤️❤️MINNEAPOLIS ❤️❤️
January 24, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Good showing of people at the protest in FLG! Perhaps 200 or even more on short notice on a cold day-and lots of support! Dancing protestors with Cumbia music! Gotta take our joy when it happens
❤️❤️MINNEAPOLIS ❤️❤️
❤️❤️MINNEAPOLIS ❤️❤️
This may be low on the list of priorities right now, but this supposedly “trained“ federal agent isn’t even outfitted correctly for harsh Minneapolis weather? A hoodie and that’s it?
Spotted just now in Minneapolis: Arizona CBP Agent Timothy Donahue (knit cap).
Donahue has a history of physical violence, waving his sidearm, and threatening to shoot people. His social media feed was littered with racist, bigoted right-wing hate-speech.
Donahue has a history of physical violence, waving his sidearm, and threatening to shoot people. His social media feed was littered with racist, bigoted right-wing hate-speech.
January 24, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This may be low on the list of priorities right now, but this supposedly “trained“ federal agent isn’t even outfitted correctly for harsh Minneapolis weather? A hoodie and that’s it?
Minneapolis ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minneapolis ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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WAIT YEATS'S "The Second Coming" IS A FLU PANDEMIC POEM??? what the fuck
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
WAIT YEATS'S "The Second Coming" IS A FLU PANDEMIC POEM??? what the fuck
Flagstaff peeps: solidarity anti ICE protest at 4 pm today (1/23) at City Hall downtown ❤️
January 23, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Flagstaff peeps: solidarity anti ICE protest at 4 pm today (1/23) at City Hall downtown ❤️
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Happening now: a large group of mostly clergy — primarily local faith leaders, some not — are staging an anti-ICE protest at the Minneapolis airport.
January 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Happening now: a large group of mostly clergy — primarily local faith leaders, some not — are staging an anti-ICE protest at the Minneapolis airport.